Re: cant boot with kernel 2.6.8
On Wednesday 06 October 2004 02:33 pm, Ian Lipsky wrote:
> I've been trying to get the 2.6.8 kernel installed. But it keeps
> failing to boot.
>
> nforce2 ide controller at pci slot 0000:00:09.0
> nforce2 chipset revision 162
> nforce2 not 100% native mode, will probe irqs later
> nforce2 bios didnt set cable bits correctly, enabling workaround
>
> <few more lines of text with nothing that looked like an error>
>
> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: unknown partition table
> NTFS driver 2.1.15 flags R/O MODULE
> pivot_root: no such file or directory
> /sbin/init: 426: cannot open dev/console: no such file
> kernel panic: attempted to kill init!
No solution but it seems the key is 'pivot_root' There is a man page for
'pivot_root'. My sentiment is to compile my own kernels without using
an initrd.img.
> I've been using google to try and find a solution but so far no luck.
> My lilo.conf file looks like this:
>
> image=/vmlinuz
> label=Linux
> read-only
> initrd=/initrd.img
>
> I can boot with the older 2.14.18 kernel with no problem. I tried
> downloading and installing the nforce drivers from nvidia (even
> though they just seem to be audio and network drivers, no ide
> drivers) but i couldnt get that to install either. Tells me gcc
> version check failed, or if i try to compile it manually tells me
> make command not found (gcc is installed).
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Ian
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Greg C. Madden
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